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Flute Sonata

Symphony no.5

Piano Sonata no.5

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Chattering Wires: A Snare Drum's Monologue

▼About YAMADA Hiroki

1967.6.28 Nagoya, Japan～

I've been hearing pop songs in and outside the country at random in elementary school, junior high, and high school. Especially, I was an ardent admirer of the Beatles. in junior high days. In these days, I have met various kinds of music and was interested in how to deal with instruments in musical works.

I lived in Nagoya till 1986.

I came to my senses of classical music around university admission and was hearing especially Mahler's 6th symphony studying the score eagerly. The habits in which I hear the sounds while reading scores have made it useful to operate notation software.

I moved to Tokyo and graduated from the course of aesthetics and History of art, at University.

Besides working, have began composition activities in 2004. I composed the 1st symphony after the time of some studies. I have been continuing composition activities focusing on instrumental music until now.

My composition method is, to input notes directly into notation software, to playback sound and listen to it, and, if it is necessary, to repeat trials and errors correcting the notes.

▼My Stance (Composer’s Statement)

My creative work begins with a profound awareness of the classical tradition. The lineage shaped by great composers such as Bach and Beethoven is not merely a relic of the past but still carries a vibrant force. To create new works in continuity with this tradition feels natural to me, and it is also the fundamental motivation behind my music.

At the same time, another major current has arisen since the twentieth century under the name of “contemporary music.” From atonality and twelve-tone technique to the postwar avant-garde, spectralism, minimalism, and postmodernism, a wide range of explorations has been undertaken. I do not accept these developments uncritically; rather, I confront them selectively and with a critical perspective.

Thus, my position can be summarized as follows: the core of my work lies in the continuation and renewal of the classical tradition, while my historical view acknowledges the coexistence of both classical and contemporary music as parallel lines. By neither neglecting tradition nor turning away from contemporaneity, I believe it becomes possible to discover sounds truly suited to the present age.

What I seek in my compositions is music that, while grounded in the strength of tradition, can touch the sensibilities of people living today and remain open toward the future. Through this pursuit, I hope that the history of classical music will continue to be renewed and expanded.

■Main List of Works

Symphony no.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Light will swallow darkness

Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Marimba Concerto, Bass Clarinet Concerto, Ocarina Concerto, Cello Concerto, Guitar Concerto, Viola Concerto, Ondes Martenot Concerto

Violin Sonata, Flute Sonata, Sonata for Flute and Harp, Clarinet Quintet, String Quartet no.1,2, Music for Percussion Ensemble, Music for 8 Percussionists, Piano Quintet, Music for Percussion Trio

Piano Sonata no.1,2,3,4,5

■My Favorite Words

“If MYSELF and the inner world in MYSELF are not connected,

Indefinitely the pendulum (amplitude of the heart) shakes irregularly.”

――Mollenkamp TOMIDA Fuyuko (a tanka poet born in Japan and now

living in the Netherlands)

■My Favorite Musical Works (Recommendable)